But ground feeders need specific things, including layered cover, close to open foraging ground, no pesticides, and at least one reasonably sized wilder area where the birds can forage for insects and ...

Birds are unable to sweat but they keep cool by seeking shade and bathing ...

A study focused on protecting Scotland's capercaillie population by managing predators through non-lethal means has seen brood numbers double in target areas. The capercaillie is a ground-nesting bird ...

It’s time to feed the birds again. Over the years I have written 19 different columns on bird feeding, and I recently re-read them all. My advice hasn’t changed much and here I distill it into three ...

Feeding wild birds is a popular hobby globally, but it presents invisible disease risks to the very birds that we are feeding — but there are ways to safeguard their health. Adult male European ...

Garden birds need more energy in summer to help feed their young, and experts say it is no longer the case that people should ...

We all know that neighbor who takes bird feeding to Olympic games-level extremes. With tree limbs sagging under the weight of countless feeders and a back lawn that looks like it was ripped straight ...

Birds are important to my garden practice as a permaculture specialist. They are brilliant pest controllers, and they're fascinating to watch, too. I love seeing how many species my garden can support ...

Great tit birds eating on a bird feeder - Jeremy Edwards/Getty Images Birds are important to my garden practice as a permaculture specialist. They are brilliant pest controllers, and they're ...